{"id":488334,"date":"2019-07-24T04:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocksound.tv\/news\/read\/refused-have-announced-their-new-album"},"modified":"2019-07-24T04:31:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:31:00","slug":"refused-have-announced-a-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/refused-have-announced-a-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Refused Have Announced A New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"excerpt\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>One of the most influential bands in modern punk are doing their thing again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"https:\/\/www.rocksound.tv\/assets\/uploads\/refused_warmusicheader.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Refused<\/strong> have announced a new album, &#8216;War Music&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be out October 18, with first single &#8216;Blood Red&#8217; set to arrive August 02.<\/p>\n<p>You can get a taster of that here:<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.3934426229508\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Today we announce our upcoming album <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WarMusic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WarMusic<\/a>, coming October 18th. First single, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BloodRed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BloodRed<\/a>, will drop next Friday, August 2nd! Pre add \/\/ pre save it here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2QGTrV9SkR\">https:\/\/t.co\/2QGTrV9SkR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lLTk2C6wbS\">pic.twitter.com\/lLTk2C6wbS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 REFUSED (@Refused) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Refused\/status\/1153922766028050433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;In the present moment, we who believe in the equal distribution of wealth in a egalitarian, ecological direct democracy, we who use gender-neutral pronouns and words like solidarity, moral responsibility, intersectionality and class warfare, we who believe in the marxist dictum &#8216;from each according to ability, to each according to need&#8217; are on our back foot, on our backs, backed up against the wall, surrounded by enemies, our movement curtailed, our rights violated,&#8221;<\/em> the band <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Refused\/status\/1153923695808790529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s been clear for some time: the sun is setting on our beliefs.\u2063&nbsp;But we still believe that capitalism is cancer\u2063 and we still believe it can be cured.\u2063 We still believe that the patriarchy is cancer \u2063and we still believe it too can be cured.\u2063 We still believe in the power of art to transform and expand the mind.\u2063&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And last but by no means least:\u2063 We still believe in the total violent obliteration of the one percent.\u2063 Blood red until we&#8217;re fucking dead.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2063Let&#8217;s go&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish band revolutionised alternative music in the late &#8217;90s with &#8216;The Shape Of Punk To Come&#8217;, before reuniting in 2012, and releasing &#8216;Freedom&#8217; three years later.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, they released a song under the guise of Samurai for the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack, which sounded like this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Igq3d6XA75Y\" width=\"635\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The band will tour the UK with <strong>Thrice<\/strong> and <strong>Gouge Away<\/strong> later this year. Those dates are:<\/p>\n<p>OCTOBER&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>26 &#8211; BIRMINGHAM Academy<br \/>27 &#8211; GLASGOW Barrowlands<br \/>29 &#8211; BRISTOL Academy<br \/>30 &#8211; LONDON Brixton Academy<br \/>31 &#8211; MANCHESTER Academy<\/p>\n<p>NOVEMBER<\/p>\n<p>01 &#8211; NOTTINGHAM Rock City<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocksound.tv\/news\/read\/refused-have-announced-their-new-album\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rock Sound News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most influential bands in modern punk are doing their thing again. Refused have announced a new album, &#8216;War Music&#8217;. It&#8217;ll be out October 18, with first single &#8216;Blood Red&#8217; set to arrive August 02. You can get a taster of that here:&nbsp; Today we announce our upcoming album #WarMusic, coming October 18th. 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